We'll have more about this project as details surface, but for now, gaze upon the first footage of this amazing undertaking.

Below, you will find our dream movie picks for cast and crew.

To laud the highly anticipated release of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for Nintendo's new Wii console, we thought we'd have a little fanboy fun and play studio boss... plotting our own movie version of the long-running fantasy videogame franchise. While there isn't an actual film based on the game series in development, we think it's high time that Hollywood and Nintendo got hip to the idea of a Legend of Zelda movie. Who knows? Maybe they'll read our picks for writer, director, cast, etc., and get inspired.

In Twilight Princess, Link, a young man raised as a wrangler in a small, rural village, is ordered by the mayor to attend the Hyrule Summit. He sets off, oblivious to the dark fate that has descended upon the kingdom. When he enters the Twilight Realm that has covered the land of Hyrule, he transforms into a wolf and is captured. A strange creature named Midna helps him break free, and with the aid of her magic, they set off to free the land from the shadows. Link must explore the vast land of Hyrule and uncover the mystery behind its plunge into darkness.

Players of the new game will know that it has a darker, more mature vibe than the previous Wind Walker installment in the series, and we feel the movie should have a similar serious tone. That said, it should have some interspersed lighthearted moments. No full-on comic relief, but there must be a bit of whimsy thrown in to stay true to the sometimes playful nature of the videogame franchise.

We think the film's story would work best if it featured an amalgamation of story elements from the various Zelda games. We see it as a high-adventure fantasy tale with a hero's quest at its core. There must be medieval-ish fighting elements where Link battles cool looking fantasy creatures. And there should also be a bit of romance. Maybe Link and Princess Zelda have an antagonistic relationship at first, but they are drawn together over the course of the film... or something like that. We'll leave the details to our creative team.

Behind the Scenes

Sci-fi and fantasy author Neil Gaiman should pen the script for the Zelda flick. Gaiman has written some killer graphic novels, but his short list of Hollywood credits also makes him a primo choice to pen our fantasy videogame adaptation. He's written scripts for the English-language adaptation of Princess Mononoke, as well as MirrorMask, the forthcoming sci-fi flick Stardust, and Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf. Which brings us to our choice of director: Robert Zemeckis.

We initially paired Gaiman and Zemeckis together before remembering that they were already working together on Beowulf -- something about it just feels right. And we think Zelda should be brought to the big screen using the same performance-capture technology that Zemeckis utilized on The Polar Express -- he's making Beowulf using a next gen version of the same technology. The Legend of Zelda flick should be shown in 3-D where available, and while we're at it, why not IMAX 3-D? Ooooh. Sweet!

Since the look of a movie like this is so important, we thought we'd choose a production designer as well -- the artist responsible for designing the overall visual appearance of the film. The production designer, along with the director, determines how the finished flick will look. Our pick here is Academy Award-winner Stuart Craig. Craig won three Oscars for The English Patient, Dangerous Liaisons, and Gandhi, and he's had plenty of experience in the fantasy genre with his work on the Harry Potter movies. We think Craig is up to the task of bringing the land of Hyrule and its inhabitants to life on the big screen.

A high-profile fantasy movie like The Legend of Zelda must have a top-shelf musical score! We like Alan Silvestri. Silvestri has worked closely with Zemeckis numerous times, so that's gravy, but we think he's a great choice in his own right. We especially dig Silvestri's scores for The Polar Express and Van Helsing. Take a listen to those and imagine what he could do with Zelda. We think his music would be well suited to an adventure-filled fantasy.

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